Shimadzu Corp. launched on Monday a near-infrared camera system to help diagnose metastatic breast cancer, making a foray into the Japanese medical camera market. Lightvision, the new product, allows surgeons to identify easily the positions of lymph nodes to be removed for diagnosis, by ...

Doubling the duration of hormone therapy for women with early-stage breast cancer from five to 10 years reduces the risk of recurrence and developing tumors in the other breast, a study showed Sunday. The study focused on a type of early-stage breast cancer known ...

Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer may lower their risk of tumors coming back if they avoid eating for 13 hours or more each night, a study published Thursday said. The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology build on ...

Rather than try to wipe out cancer with powerful doses of chemotherapy, researchers said Wednesday an experimental approach using lower amounts of medication may work better to keep tumors under control. The study was done on mice with breast cancer, according to the report ...

Superthin bendable sensors developed by Japanese and U.S. scientists could someday be used in special gloves to detect breast lumps and make a digital record of the exam, the scientists said in a report. The nanofiber sensors are as thin as 3.4 micrometers — ...

A team of researchers from Tohoku University has developed a new method to detect breast cancer by combining a mammogram with an ultrasound in a procedure that appears to be more accurate than mammogram testing alone. The team, lead by Noriaki Ohuchi, a professor ...

Women 50 and older should get a mammogram to screen for breast cancer every two years, while women in their 40s should decide with their doctors, said U.S. guidelines Monday. The newest recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force stoked new controversy over ...

An association of hot springs inns in Yamaguchi Prefecture has launched a campaign calling for greater public understanding toward breast cancer survivors dressed in special bathing wear at public baths. It is customary for users to go naked and not to take clothing or ...

The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government task force’s advice. In new guidelines out Tuesday, the cancer society recommends that most ...

For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister’s death from ovarian cancer in 2008. Dazai, a 46-year-old housewife from Kiyose, western Tokyo, said her sister had been taking great care of herself, eating healthily and undergoing regular health checkups. She was diagnosed ...

It’s long been known that faulty BRCA genes greatly raise the risk for breast cancer. Now scientists say a more recently identified, less common gene can do the same. Mutations in the gene can make breast cancer up to nine times more likely to ...